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TO THE BROCK: Across the land to the Brock River canyon, just west of Tuktut Nogait National Park, where Cory and his family will camp while Cory paints the arctic landscape....

06 August, 2006 /

We packed up today, which was particularly a foggy day, and we took a boat to go to a fish camp past Paulatuk where we would go out to the Brock Canyons where Dad could paint. When we reached the...

06 August, 2006 /

FLIGHT TO PAULATUK: The Trepaniers board the plane for an hour long flight to Paulatuk, a town of 300 people on the edge of the Arctic Ocean. ...

04 August, 2006 /

PACKING GEAR: More packing, this time gear for the whole family for their expedition out onto the arctic land beyond Paulatuk for 11 days....

02 August, 2006 /

Today was the day to take a plane to Paulatuk, which is a little town out past Inuvik. There are no roads past Inuvik so there is no choice but to take a plane to get in and out of...

02 August, 2006 /

PACKING FOOD: Now over a month on the road, the Trepaniers dig deep into the RV for food to pack for the flight out to Paulatuk, and the wilderness beyond....

01 August, 2006 /

After a while of driving we had finally made it to Inuvik, the end of the Dempster. We actually made it! It was a bit bigger than I expected. And it had lots of huge buildings. But no Tim Hortons....

01 August, 2006 /

INUVIK: After 750 km of dirt and gravel, the Trepaniers reach the end of the road in Inuvik....

30 July, 2006 /

Today we drove to a place called "Toad creek" and ate at their restaurant that held a collection of around 72,000 hats. We also tried a buffalo burger from the bison out there. In my opinion, they are much better...

30 July, 2006 /

Today we kept driving and driving and driving. Up ahead was a lake called "Two Moose Lake". Sydney asked, "Mom, is there gonna be two moose in Two Moose lake?" "I'm not sure." said Mom. We finally reached Two Moose lake. It...

29 July, 2006 /

PAINTING TOMBSTONE: Now on the famed Dempster highway in the Yukon, Cory finds a captivating valley scene and begins a new oil painting....

27 July, 2006 /

That morning it was still raining. It was grey and gloomy. We had breakfast but the rainfall continued. We ended up spending most of our time in the RV that day. From time to time it stopped raining, but it...

27 July, 2006 /

When we woke up in Tombstone Territorial Park, we got a good look at the scenic mountains surrounding us. They were very jagged, like the teeth of the shark. We even saw patches of snow on some of them. That...

26 July, 2006 /

Today we woke ready to leave. To Dempster Highway! We drove out of Dawson City and went to the entrance of the highway. It was paved, but only for a little while, than it went to very hard, dusty, grey...

25 July, 2006 /

Today we woke in the parking place we got at the RV place in Dawson city. When Mom went to get her laundry done there, she met a nice lady named Joan who said would tell us if the "gold"...

24 July, 2006 /

Today we woke up around 10:30 and Dee-Dee and Tanya took down their tent. We did a few more casts, but it was hopeless. We packed and left. Now to you readers, whenever you think about the Yukon (unless you...

23 July, 2006 /
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